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Why? To add to the so-called controversy, of course!

A conservative journalist would never have written "controversial President."  By using that particular adjective, regardless of any truth behind it, a journalist reveals his bias.  But you can see that this particular author doesn't deny that bias at all, and is in fact more enthusiastic about what he wrote when question on it, as per his reply stating this:

Liberals read the above quote and scream: "spot on!"
Conservatives read the same and scream: "more of this garbage?"

Ah...  The great American divide.  Isn't it glorious?

But at least the article TITLE was free of bias.  If the entire article had been written in that way, it would have been better.  But honestly, I just came here to see how many were staining their britches after reading it.  Sure enough, there are several.  

One way to get Americans to tone down their biases would be for every journalist in America to end all biases and just report the news with a straight face, with zero commentary.  It wouldn't be popular, but it would be best for everyone.

Regardless of the article and bias, the fact is that Tim knows how to keep Apple an AAPL going strong.  As was pointed out earlier, he has kept his company's best interests in mind when a Democrat has been in office too.  I think that is a good thing. 

With that said, if Cook had expressed the same level if bias and contempt as the article author, Cook would be at war with Trump; and in light of the President's power to setup tariffs AND make exceptions, that sort of war would be a very stupid thing to do.  Journalists, in contrast, have nothing to lose and everything to gain by saying controversial things and fanning the passions of their readers.  That's a sad fact that boils down to human nature.  Readers thrive on negative news and don't care so much for the positive.  This is why I don't see things improving in the future.  Imagine how bad it will be 20 years from now if the biases only intensify.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

The reality is, there are a good number of Apple fans who worship anything Apple says at any given moment, even if Apple shifts its position. I have faced them most often in this very forum. I think that term “worship“ is appropriate descriptor in light of the etymology, where that term comes from the older English “worthship” (modern spelling) which pertains to us ascribing an special amount of worth to a given thing.

There are a good number of Apple fans who worship (ascribe great worth to) anything Apple says at any given moment, even if Apple shifts position. That doesn’t invalidate any positions, nor should it. It is just a factual reality that sometimes needs to be made clear. 

What drives many of my fellow Apple fans to say what they do? In many cases, it is simply the blind following of Apple, more than anything else. Why? Because Apple is a big company and many fans think thusly: “Apple must know better than people in the forum what is best for Apple overall.” Indeed there is some logic to it even if I refuse to embrace that as my basis for thinking as I do. I choose to think independently of Apple.

For those reasons it would be wrong to interpret “Cupertino worshiper“ as unnecessarily “attacking the person.“ It is in fact describing the mentality of Apple fans who often come together to attack those in this forum who disagree with the Apple is always right narrative.  When you disagree with Apple, even slightly, in this forum, you are in the crosshairs of many.

But even Cupertino Worshippers don’t remain such perpetually. Their positions sometimes change at any given time. People are too complex to put in a perpetual box like that. Some people who did fit that category in the past, no longer choose to remain in that category, for example. But when the descriptor fits, it is not wrong or invalid to point out what typically drives an argument.

But if you wish to stick with your “attacking the person doesn’t prove your point“ line of argument, then Xed’s followup “you sound as entitled As F@@K” jab at me would also most likely be in your crosshairs. Note that he directed that exclusively towards me, rather than having read the links that I posted previously. He didn’t consider that I am just one small drop in a greater pool of people who dislike that never changing 5 GB, almost useless tier. Not liking a not-so-free 5GB iCloud tier in no way makes me “entitled.”